Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s election last month, Mr. Merz swiftly assumed the ...

Already, Merz has pledged to increase defense spending and put Paris, Warsaw, and London at the lead of a new policy to shore ...

Despite being a long-standing transatlanticist, Merz has emphasized the need for more European independence from the United ...

European Union leaders are holding emergency summit talks to beef up their own military defenses and make sure Ukraine will ...

Center-right election winner Friedrich Merz, who is trying to form a coalition government with the center-left Social ...

During that break, he often travelled for business to the United States and China, though he never lived outside Germany. “Friedrich Merz is perhaps the most international chancellor Germany has ...

In stunning scenes on Friday that sent political shockwaves across Europe, Zelenskyy was mocked and belittled by Trump and ...

Merz, a longtime Atlanticist who had previously baulked at financing public spending through large-scale debt, has quickly ...

Friedrich Merz, who is likely to be Germany's next ... and Europe needed to pursue greater independence from the United States. Members of the Trump administration have downplayed arguments ...